Oelgard von Passow

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Oelgard von Passow , born von Pentz ( Danish : Øllegaard Hartvigsdatter von Pentz ), widowed von Barnewitz (born February 19, 1594 in Warlitz ; † July 6, 1654 in Lübz ) was a chambermaid at the Danish court and later a lender and patroness in Mecklenburg .

life and work

Oelgard was one of eight children of Hartwig von Pentz (1559–1632), heir to Warlitz and Pentz , and Ilsebe, born von Daldorff (1568–1637) and was named after their grandmother Oelgard von Rantzau . From 1611 to 1620 she served the Danish queen widow Sophie von Mecklenburg (1557–1631) as a chambermaid.

Rudbjerggaard well

In 1620 she married Joachim von Barnewitz, the then 57-year-old Privy Councilor and court master of the queen's widow, who died in 1626 and was buried in the church of Tillitse. From this marriage came a son, Friedrich von Barnewitz (* 1622). As the guardian of her underage son, Oelgard managed the von Barnewitzsche Gut Rubiergard near Maribo and had considerable cash assets. Through clever real estate deals , she created another estate in the Maribo Office , which she named after her son Fredsholm or Fritzholm. When her sister Eva married Jasper von Oertzen on Roggow in 1626 , she was able to give her an immense wedding present of 10,000 guilders in gold in addition to a valuable trousseau . In a short time she became an important lender of the Mecklenburg duchy.

When, as a result of the Thirty Years' War , her economic situation deteriorated due to the lack of interest payments, she married the Mecklenburg councilor and bailiff Hartwig von Passow , heir to Zehna and Gremmelin , in 1635 . The wedding celebration took place at Schloss Bützow . In 1640, as her and her son's legal representative, Passow obtained the transfer of the ducal debts as a mortgage to the Lübz office; at the same time he became its administrator. They also received the Crivitz office as a pledge. Both offices were badly affected by the war. Passow died in 1644 and was buried in Schwerin Cathedral ; then Oelgard took matters into their own hands again and obtained a new pledge agreement with better conditions. In addition to her seat in the official building in Lübz, she acquired a house in Schwerin; she had kept her securities and jewels safe in Lübeck .

In 1652, Duke Christian Ludwig II redeemed the pledge against payment of 260,000 Reichstalers , which he had raised through a loan .

In September 1653, Oelgard's only son, who had become the Danish bailiff of Ålholm's office and war commissioner, died at the Rubiergard estate at the age of 31. Oelgard then drew up a new will in December 1651. In addition to distributing her inheritance to her son's five children, she left generous bequests, including 1000 thalers from the city of Rostock. After her death in July 1654, she was honored with numerous memorial writings. Her estate administrator, District Administrator Hans-Friedrich von Lehsten , set an epitaph in the town church of Lübz , where a large funeral service was held on December 6th .

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  1. ↑ His gravestone, whose inscription also mentions Oelgard, but which was buried in Lübz, has been preserved, see Friedrich Schlie: Die Kunst- und Geschistordenkmäler des Großherzogtums Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 2, Schwerin 1898, p. 568; Illustration p. 569
  2. ^ Description from Friedrich Schlie: The art and historical monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 4, Schwerin 1901, p. 527
personal data
SURNAME Passow, Oelgard from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barnewitz, Oelgard von; Pentz, Oelgard von (maiden name); Hartvigsdatter by Pentz, Øllegaard (Danish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chambermaid at the Danish court and later lender and patroness in Mecklenburg
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1594
PLACE OF BIRTH Warlitz
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1654
Place of death Luebz